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Curriculum
guide
offers
ten
lesson
plans
introducing
climate
change
and
global
warming
issues,
indicators
and
measurements
of
change,
predictions
and
impacts
on
Gulf
Coast
climate,
ecosystems,
and
human
communities,
and
means
to
reduce
human
contributions.
Activities
identify
common
misconceptions
about
the
topic,
provide
definitions
and
content
to
clarify,
promote
student
research,
provide
links
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Ten
lessons
on
navigation
topics
include:
motivation
for
students;
background
and
assessment
materials;
activity
descriptions
and
worksheets;
teacher
tips
and
resources.
Topics
cover:
introduction
to
navigation,
latitude
and
longitude,
map
reading;
dead
reckoning
and
celestial
navigation;
trigonometry
applications;
effects
of
errors
in
navigation;
using
topographical
maps
triangulation;
Global
Positioning
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Four
lesson
plans
focus
on
understanding
toxic
and
harmful
algal
blooms.
Designed
for
use
in
conjunction
with
Bigelow
Laboratory's
"Toxic
and
Harmful
Algal
Bloom"
web
site.
Each
module
includes
background,
learning
objectives,
student
preparation,
and
standards-related
classroom
or
lab
activity.
Topics
cover:
role
of
algae
in
the
food
web;
development
of
algal
blooms;
impacts
and
bioaccumulation
of
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The
Burd
Run
Interdisciplinary
Watershed
Research
Laboratory
at
Shippensburg
University
of
Pennsylvania
(SU)
is
a
cooperative
effort
among
13
faculty
from
the
Departments
of
Geography-Earth
Science,
Biology,
and
Teacher
Education.
The
goal
of
the
laboratory
is
to
provide
intensive
undergraduate
field
training
through
collection
and
analysis
of
related
hydrologic,
geologic,
biologic,
and
geographic
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The
Institute
for
Resources,
the
Environment,
and
Sustainability
(IRES)
is
an
interdisciplinary
graduate
program
focused
on
transdisciplinary
Resource
Management
and
Environmental
Studies.
Research
topics
include
water
resources,
coastal
zone
management,
land
use
(agriculture,
forestry,
mining)
and
environmental
quality,
Eco-Risk
and
forest
economics
and
policy.
The
IRES
program
projects
consist
of
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These lesson plans and activities cover science topics such as: predicting weather patterns, ecosystems of Utah, abiotic and biotic factors, characteristics of living things, the use of patterns in mathematical problems, the solar system, the moon, stars, microbes, air pressure, sound waves, etc.
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Global
Systems
Science
(GSS)
is
an
interdisciplinary
course
for
high
school
students
comprised
of
nine
Student
Books
with
Instructor
Guides.
The
books
may
be
used
for
a
one-year
integrated
science
course,
or
individual
guides
may
be
incorporated
into
existing
high
school
biology,
physics,
chemistry,
Earth
science,
or
social
studies
courses.
The
nine
Student
Guides
are
divided
into
four
themes:
1.
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The
Marine
Mammal
Institute
strives
to
advance
conservation
and
the
understanding
of
marine
mammal
ecology,
which
incorporates
habitat,
food
web,
health
and
environmental
issues.
The
Great
Whales
curriculum
offers
engaging
teaching
activities
that
explore
the
past
and
present
status
of
whales,
whale
biology
and
anatomy,
current
research
to
discover
whale
migratory
patterns
as
well
as
defining
their
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This
set
of
twelve
lesson
plans
is
intended
to
encourage
the
teaching
of
astronomy
to
K-12
students.
The
lessons
are
designed
to
make
use
of
a
planetarium
projector,
but
they
can
be
modified
for
use
with
different
planetarium
systems,
including
the
free
(General
Public
License)
planetarium
software
'Stellarium'.
They
introduce
students
to
basics
of
earth's
movements,
the
Greco-Roman
constellations,
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Jetstream
is
an
online
weather
school
from
the
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Administration's
(NOAA)
National
Weather
Service.
Materials
featured
here
include
a
selection
of
modules
on
weather
on
the
web,
the
atmosphere,
global
weather,
synoptic
meteorology
and
other
topics.
A
certificate
of
completion
for
each
module
can
be
printed
by
students
who
successfully
complete
their
work.
A
topic
matrix
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